Blandinsville
TUESDAY After School Program Blandinsville First Christian Church After School Program for Kindergarten through High School students from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
SATURDAYS Life Skills Program Blandinsville First Christian Church Life Skills Program for 5th grade through High School students from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon on the third Saturday of each month.
Story Hour and Crafts Saturdays at The Blandinsville-Hire Library at 10 AM.
Snacks will be available. Check out the many new kids and young adult books. Spend some time at the library and take a book home to read!
SUNDAY Youth Group Blandinsville First Christian Church Youth Group for 5th grade through High School students from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm.
Bushnell
TUESDAY, OCT. 28 Friends Feeding Friends Meal
at the CCC in Bushnell from 4:30-6:30PM. The meal is free.
Donations are accepted, but not expected. We are serving hot dogs, chips, fresh vegetables, and s'mores. Our proceeds will be shared with the Bushnell Honor Flights.
SATURDAY, NOV. 8 80’s & 90’s Music Trivia
Come and get your groove on at the 80’s & 90’s Music Trivia at the Bushnell VFW at 6pm to benefit the Bushnell Pool. Organize your teams now! $10/player or $100/table (10 players max). Register early by emailing bushnellpool61422@yahoo. com. Food will be available for purchase or bring your own snacks, silent auction & prizes, 50/50 drawing and music by DJ Dan Shipman.
Colchester
4TH THURSDAY OF MONTH New Illinois meetings
at 7pm at the Colchester Lions Club
Macomb
TUESDAY, OCT. 21 Phi Beta Delta Interest Meeting
at 5PM in the Board Room, in the University Union. Open to all students, community members and WIU faculty & staff.Visit www.wiu.edu/global_studies/phi_beta_delta/index.php for information about the organization and how to get involved.
SATURDAY, OCT. 25 Fall Western Illinois Fiber Festival
at the McDonough County 4-H Center from 10am-4pm. Meet and shop with fiber farmers, dyers and artisans. Carding and spinning demonstrations will be going on throughout the day. Farm to table meals will be available from C&N Farms and Lay’s Bakehouse Kitchen.
Stand Together Against Breast Cancer at the Air Evac Lifeteam 144 Base, 529 East Grant St., Macomb from 12-3pm. Enjoy lunch, guest speakers, educational resources, a few fun giveaways and more.
FRIDAY, NOV. 7 Youth For Christ Fundraising Banquet at the Spoon River College Outreach Center, doors open at 6, dinner served 6:30. Cost is $25/person, each table seats up to 8. Please register by October 31, RSVP online at yfcwi.org/ banquet or by phone at 309-833-3026.
SATURDAY, NOV. 8 Pumpkin Smash
If you are looking for a way to get rid of those leftover pumpkins, bring them to the Pumpkin Smash at Veterans Park from 10am-1pm. Pumpkin Smash is more than just a fun event, it is a community initiative to reduce waste and upcycle pumpkins into something the community will benefit from.
Altrusa Holiday Bazaar at the Macomb High School from 9am-3pm. There is a large selection of vendors with unique crafts & gifts. There will be a 50/50 & gift basket raffle. A book donation is suggested for admission.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 12 Lamoine Caring & Connections will host Sue Scott from Western Illinois Museum presenting Harvest and Home at 10am. Please join us each month at the Lamoine for breakfast bites (free of charge) and time to connect. Everyone is welcome!
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18 MBA Meeting 11:30-1:00 at The Old Dairy. Speaker: Anne Ingersoll, owner of Bloom Macomb SATURDAY, NOV. 22 MBA Cookie Walk Macomb Beautiful Association Cookie Walk from 9:00-12:00 at the Macomb Arts Center SATURDAY, DEC. 6 Cocoa and Carols Join us at The Lamoine for Dickens on the Square with Cocoa and Carols from 10am-12pm.
